I'm different from you; I have good looks to rely on.
Shu Yi brought Shen Zhizhou to the business cocktail party and casually gave them two sets of waiter's clothes. Upon seeing them, Shen Zhizhou immediately waved his hands, saying that he would never wear them, determined to maintain his elegant and sophisticated style.
"How are you going to sneak in if you don't wear this? Can I turn into my original form and you can't? Or am I going to sneak in first? But a normal person would be terrified if they saw a talking mouse..." Shu Yi hugged the clothes, tilted her head and looked at Shen Zhizhou, not quite understanding.
"I rely solely on my good looks to gain recognition, unlike you, you rat."
The next second, Shen Zhizhou's gaze swept around the inner field before settling on a middle-aged man surrounded by a crowd. Even without anger, he exuded an air of authority and naturally commanded respect. Then, he raised his eyes and waved to the man across the sea of people.
As soon as the middle-aged man's eyes met Shen Zhizhou's, he immediately put down his wine glass, pushed through the crowd, and walked towards Shen Zhizhou. Shen Zhizhou put on a gentle and reserved demeanor and stepped forward to shake hands with the man.
"Mr. Wang, it's been a long time. How have you been since what happened last time?"
"Of course, thanks to you, Mr. Shen, my business is thriving. You are my great benefactor!"
The two exchanged pleasantries, and the man called President Wang affectionately put his arm around Shen Zhizhou's shoulder and led him inside. Seeing that Shen Zhizhou had successfully used his connections to sneak into the party, Shu hurriedly waved behind him to indicate that he hadn't gone in yet.
While President Wang was chatting with someone else, Shen Zhizhou turned around and made a gesture in colloquial language to Shu Yi. After understanding it, Shu Yi was so angry that she performed a set of military boxing exercises at the door.
"You go back to your original form and stay on the roof beam. We'll call you if we need anything."
"Call Shuyi when you need something, call Shuzi when you don't. Ha, Shen Zhizhou, that despicable man, I've seen through him now." I squatted on the roof beam, crunching on a biscuit that Shen Zhizhou had somehow gotten his hands on, and complaining.
Under the roof beam, Boss Wang led Shen Zhizhou to his table and solemnly introduced Shen Zhizhou's identity to everyone. The people around him either flattered or fawned over him, offering toasts and clinking glasses.
Li Yan, the target of Shen Zhizhou's attack, squeezed in to toast Shen Zhizhou with great respect. Shen Zhizhou, with a polite smile on his face, casually brought up Li Yan's work.
"I'm just doing this to make a living thanks to everyone's help. What, Mr. Shen, are you interested too?" Li Yan thought Shen Zhizhou wanted to get involved and get a share of the pie, so he warmly invited Shen Zhizhou to the company for a detailed discussion.
Shen Zhizhou followed Li Yan to a magnificent modern building. The moment they entered the elevator, Shen Zhizhou told Shu Yi to take advantage of his delay to find something in Li Yan's office. Someone who could keep Huang Daxian trapped in one place would naturally not do business in a conventional way.
Li Yan led Shen Zhizhou to the reception room, while Shu Yi, still in her original skin, slipped away to Li Yan's office to search for him.
Li Yan's office was decorated in a grand style, with a family of three figurine on the desk. Shu Yi took a closer look and found that the figurine was not a photograph, but a colored painting.
Fortunately, during this time, Shuyi learned a lot of human writing and knowledge from Ji Yao, which is much better than when she was completely illiterate. At least she can recognize the characters and know their meanings.
However, Shu Yi searched for a long time but didn't find any talismans or forbidden techniques. If that's the case, how could Huang Daxian have been trapped in the same place for so long? Shu Yi couldn't figure it out and could only continue searching.
After searching for a long time, Shuyi's stomach started to rumble. She hadn't eaten much all day, so she spotted a box of pastries on the coffee table and climbed up the table leg to start eating. After finishing, she realized she was a bit thirsty, so she went to the water dispenser to get some water.
However, she used a bit too much force, and Shuyi grabbed the water dispenser's nozzle. Watching the water spread across the carpet, forming a dark ring, Shuyi's tail tucked into a ball.
"Oh no, oh no, we've messed up! We're really going to be deep-fried into rat jerky by Shen Zhizhou."
Shuyi grabbed a piece of cloth from somewhere and started wiping it off on the ground. Her small figure looked extremely anxious and flustered. Seeing that the water in the bucket was still bubbling out, Shuyi could only block it with her hand and drink as much water as it flowed out of her mouth.
A short while later, Shuyi vomited from the water... Looking at the mess on the ground, she felt somewhat desperate, but she resigned herself to her fate and obediently started cleaning up.
First, wrap the damaged pump with a cloth to slow down the flow of water, then use a cloth to absorb the water on the floor. Shu Yi placed the books that were soaked in water on the lower layer onto Li Yan's table one by one.
Shuyi pulled out a tissue to dry the books, but before she knew it, she fell off the table, tumbling down onto the carpet with the stack of books she had just picked up. As she got up and dusted herself off, she unexpectedly discovered a photograph.
A black and white photo of Wong Tai Sin taken 23 years ago shows Wong Tai Sin staring blankly at the camera, looking somewhat awkward. On the blank back of the photo, the date of the photo is written, along with a line of small print.
Me and Dahuang.
At the same time, Li Yan, who was talking in the reception room, frowned when he heard a thud from the office. He then hurriedly went to the office, saying he was going to get some documents for Shen Zhizhou.
As soon as the door opened, Shu Yi and Li Yan stared at each other in disbelief. Li Yan screamed and pounced on them: "My haute couture suit!"
Seeing Shen Zhizhou covering his face behind Li Yan with a look of disappointment, Shu Yi immediately grabbed the photo and ran away. Seeing this, Li Yan picked up a golf club from the side and was about to compete with Shu Yi.
Shen Zhizhou hugged the furious Li Yan from behind, while gesturing to Shu Yi to run away quickly.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. Getting angry is bad for your health. How about this, I'll give you a haute couture set as a thank you for your hospitality today..."
Shuyi squatted in front of Shen Zhizhou's car door, her fingers unconsciously tracing small pebbles on the ground, her head lowered, looking guilty as if she had done something wrong. Shen Zhizhou twirled the car keys in his hand, looking at the demon who dared not look up because she had done something wrong.
"You can hit me or scold me, I'll compensate you for all the losses. I'll take responsibility for my actions, so punish me as you see fit!"
Shen Zhizhou looked at Shu Yi, whose eyes were tightly closed, whose fingers were gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, who was so scared that her ears were perked up but she was pretending to be nonchalant. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his right hand high as if he was about to punch someone.
Shuyi waited for Shen Zhizhou's slap to land, but in the end he just patted Shuyi's head lightly and told her to get in the car.
Shuyi stared wide-eyed in disbelief and said, "You really don't blame me anymore? Even though I did do something wrong..."
"Deduct it from your salary... Also, any new findings?"
Shuyi pulled the photo out of her bosom like a treasure and handed it to Shen Zhizhou. Shen Zhizhou took it and looked at it carefully, then patted Shuyi's head. Shuyi obediently put her head in Shen Zhizhou's palm so that he could rub it.
But as Shen Zhizhou was stroking her, he suddenly grabbed Shuyi by the back of the neck, pulled her in front of him, and sighed: "Why didn't you tell me you were hungry and instead stole food? It's like I'm abusing you."
With teary eyes and pouting, Shuyi sobbed, "Waaah, I just didn't want to hold them back! This is their first mission..."
Shen Zhizhou glanced at Shuyi but didn't say anything. He just told her to sit still and that he was going to take her to Wong Tai Sin.
Shuyi was carrying a lot of food and excitedly wanted to share it with Huang Daxian. As soon as she got to the bottom of the pavilion, she saw Huang Daxian pretending to be a person again. Shen Zhizhou sent a talisman over and scared Huang Daxian into screaming.
"Your Honor, have mercy! I didn't harm anyone! Ahhhhhh!"
Wong Tai Sin, dressed as a doll with a doll's head and wearing stilts, was so frightened that he swayed back and forth. After finally regaining his balance, he remembered that there were still people around and could only keep winking at Shu Yi.
“I’m on Boss Shen’s side this time, how could you play tricks on me? Boss Shen even brought you roast chicken…”
"I really didn't, believe me, I was..." Wong Tai Sin was at a loss for words and frantically waved his arm.
Just as Shen Zhizhou was about to say something, the person standing to the side turned around, holding a scale in his hand, and said to Huang Daxian, "Your junk can't be sold for much money at all. I'm only giving you 2 yuan because you're a regular customer, is that okay?"
"Alright, alright." Huang Daxian just wanted to get rid of the person quickly so he could explain, so he reached out and took the two yuan that was handed over, but Shen Zhizhou, who was standing next to him, grabbed the hand that was handing over the money.
Everyone looked in the direction of the pile of scrap metal and cardboard and said, "Besides the cardboard, there are some iron frames that must be worth more than 2 yuan. Don't try to cheat people just because he doesn't know the market price."
Seeing that he couldn't fool him, the man had no choice but to take out ten dollars and hand them back to Wong Tai Sin along with the two dollars he had just received. He muttered that he wouldn't have charged more if he wasn't a regular customer, then dragged the items onto his cart and fled as if he were escaping.
Huang Daxian carefully folded the 12 yuan that the scrap collector had just handed him and held it in his hand. The two demons and one person went up to the attic.
Shu Yi went upstairs and first tidied up the clutter on the ground and put it aside. Then she pulled over a small table and neatly arranged the food she had brought on the table. She opened the wontons that Shen Zhizhou liked to eat and placed them in front of him. She then opened the lotus leaf roasted chicken that she had specially bought, tore off a big chicken leg and handed it to Huang Daxian.
Huang Daxian simply looked at Shuyi's hand offering the chicken leg. The oily and tender chicken leg was still dripping with oil and exuded a strong aroma, but Huang Daxian did not reach out to take it. Instead, he clenched the money in his hand even tighter. As if he had made up his mind, he took a few steps back and bowed deeply to the human and the demon. Then, he turned around and jumped onto the roof beam, dragging down the plastic bag from last time.
Shen Zhizhou and Shu Yi watched as Huang Daxian took out the money, which was wrapped in several layers of oil paper, from the plastic bag. He counted it several times before placing the stack of money and the 12 yuan he had just earned from selling scrap on the table and pushing it in front of Shen Zhizhou.
“Sir, here is a total of 78.32 yuan. This is money I saved up for 20 years. After he moved away, I couldn’t find him. Later, the people living here told me that I could place an advertisement in the newspaper to find him. I thought I would save up money and use this money to place an advertisement to find him. But I think you have helped me so much, and I really don’t have anything good to give you. This is my greatest sincerity. Please accept it!” Wong Tai Sin knelt on the ground with his hands on his knees, his expression serious and sincere.
Shen Zhizhou watched as the grateful Huang Daxian tapped his fingers repeatedly on the small table. Shu Yi hugged her knees and watched the two of them. She noticed that Shen Zhizhou liked to do this whenever he was thinking.
"Do you want to see him? I've found him, but you might be disappointed. The choice is yours."
Shen Zhizhou took out the photo that Shuyi had found from his pocket and gently placed it in front of Wong Tai Sin.
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